Protoform: MAE.1B [PN] Decaying, "off" or "high" (of animal food)
| Description: | Decaying, "off" or "high" (of animal food) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Mae | Se gâter (poisson, viande) | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Mae/a | Malodorous (of body, vomit, etc.) | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | Mae/mae (MQN) | Mou (qui tend vers la pourriture); soft (on the verge of rottenness) | (Chf) |
| Samoan | Mae | Smell of stale meat or fish , stale (of fish) | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Mae | Soft or decaying, as fruit over ripe | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Mae/mae | Soft, ripe, as plantains or other fruit; over ripe as fruit; tending to dissolution, as flesh or fish. Avarié (poisson) (Lmt). | (Dvs) |
| Tokelau | Mae | Dried fish | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Mae | Smell of partly decayed sea-food | (Cwd) |
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